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A Special Bonus Episode From Bought + Beloved: How often do we take our own blessings for granted? And how much more often do we neglect to steward what we've been given to make a life-changing and Gospel impact for those in need? Kirby Kelly is partnering with Samaritan's Purse this holiday season and had the pleasure of interviewing Kristy Graham to discuss how their ministry is changing the world one donation at a time. From beekeeping to raising chicks, all to feeding starving babies and digging wells, I want to encourage my listeners to give alongside me this holiday...

There’s something about Betty Kellenberger that makes you sit a little taller and whisper to yourself, “Lord, let me have that kind of grit and grace.”

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One man and a Los Angeles dog rescue organization had a very clever idea to find his lost dog using his dirty socks...And it worked.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/hiking-appalachian-trail-at-80.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/dog-found-using-dirty-socks.html 

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Sunlight was spilling through the canopy at Sequoia Park Zoo in Eureka, California, when an unexpected guest wandered in, paws padding softly across the boardwalk.

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When a tragic death hit Kim and Curtis Wormsbaker’s lives, they thought that’s all it was until they learned their son's organs saved lives—102, in fact.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/wild-bear-found-in-zoo.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/sons-organs-save-lives.html 

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Jackie Bennett is a former teacher and coach who taught at Page High School in Franklin, Tennessee. The beloved educator was also diagnosed with kidney failure and needed a kidney transplant.

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She’s 101, still working six days a week–and says she wouldn’t have it any other way.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/former-student-donates-kidney.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/working-at-101-and-loving-it.html 

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A 10-year-old Florida Girl Scout saves her father’s life using her first aid training because sometimes heroes wear ponytails and sashes instead of capes.

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An Atlantic City police officer saved a dog by jumping into frigid water last month.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/girl-scout-saves-dad-with-training.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/police-officer-saves-dog-in-water.html 

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Family and friends celebrate the life of a woman who loved so deeply. Some people collect things—stamps, teacups, trinkets. But Gayle Noble collected hearts.

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A two-year-old found by a volunteer and a K9 after she wandered off was missing for hours until an angel with fur stepped in.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/gayle-noble-celebration.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/missing-girl-found-by-k-9.html 

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Quick-thinking California teens rescue a surfer after an ocean injury. It was meant to be a peaceful morning — but in a single heartbeat, everything changed.

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A North Carolina couple win the lottery and can finally go on their honeymoon after 31 years.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/quick-thinking-teens-rescue-surfer.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/honeymoon-after-31-years.html 

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A British man and his skydiving instructor survive, falling 11,000 feet to the ground after a parachute malfunction.

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An 8-year-old boy with a rare health condition experiences life as a firefighter for the day.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/man-survives-skydiving-accident.html

https://www.godtube.com/blog/life-as-a-firefighter-for-the-day.html 

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Tragedy hit a family from Tennessee when both the mother and the father died just a week apart.

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Sometimes the most ordinary nights become the setting for the most extraordinary miracles. And sets the stage for how God can make all things come together for our good.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/grieving-son-becomes-guardian.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/next-door-neighbor-saved-his-life.html

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The Castelo family found themselves standing beside a Florida lake, moments before a tragedy could have unfolded.

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Her dog was finally found 2,000 miles from home after going missing during a storm.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/brother-save-drowning-boy.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/dog-found-2000-miles-from-home.html 

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 A nursing home resident in Indiana gets a touch of Disney magic without leaving home.

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A young man and his father help their community by providing free lawn care to those in need.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/touch-of-disney-magic-in-nursing-home.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/offering-free-lawn-care.html 

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 It’s not every day a 9-year-old is asked to donate stem cells, but when his dad was on the verge of death, that’s what young Stephen Mondek did.

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A police dog earns a yummy reward from McDonald’s when he finds a missing man with dementia.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/son-saves-dad-with-cancer.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/dog-finds-missing-man.html 

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Pen pals who never stopped writing finally met in England after 51 years.

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Peter Macdonald from Lancashire, England, was reunited with his older brother after a 50-year separation.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/pen-pals-meet-in-person.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/taken-through-a-train-window.html 

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One compassionate Rhode Island bus driver helped a boy grieve the loss of his grandpa by making him her special helper.

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For his 103rd birthday, one veteran got the NASCAR moment of a lifetime

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/bus-driver-helps-boy-grieve.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/103rd-birthday-wish.html 

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A softball team shares their miracle after a bus accident, ‘God was there with us that night.’ Are you ready for your faith to be strengthened?

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Tim Sullivan made the most of his career as a farmer by proposing with a corn maze.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/softball-team-bus-accident.html

https://www.godtube.com/blog/proposing-with-corn-maze.html 

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Stage 4 cancer couldn’t keep this dad from his daughter’s big day.

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He fell to the ground in a TJ Maxx, and a stranger rushed to help. Mike Brown had no interest in strolling through the aisles of TJ Maxx.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/daughter-has-hospital-wedding.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/saved-man-at-tj-maxx.html 

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Becca Johnson thought she knew what her day would hold. But a Tuesday morning in early September, her back throbbed with pain so hard she could barely stand.

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One Washington state middle school is getting a lot calmer after it got its own school therapy dog.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/mom-didnt-know-she-was-pregnant.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/school-therapy-dog-comforts-students.html 

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Tragedy hit a California family when their 4-year-old son, Ayden Fang, was hit by a car and died.

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One expectant Tennessee mom did the unthinkable when she was caught in a deadly house fire.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/sharing-sons-last-message.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/mother-jumps-out-of-window-to-escape-fire.html 

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A woman wins the lottery and gives all her winnings to charity!

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How do you propose to a veterinarian? Zachary Gladnick solved the answer to this question by booking a “giraffe painting” tour.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/woman-gives-lottery-winnings-to-charity.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/giraffe-helps-man-propose.html 

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When Kent Broussard was a young boy, he had a dream of being in LSU’s marching band. Now, as a retired accountant, he’s finally living his dream.

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When time was of the essence, a Texas dad did what he had to do and jumped into action to deliver his daughter in the car.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/joining-the-lsu-marching-band.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/dad-delivers-daughter-in-the-car.html 

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In the summer of 2024, 15-year-old Lulu Gribbin was on a mother-daughter beach trip in Walton County, Florida, when she encountered a shark, and her life was forever changed.

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He went out for a run and ended up saving an elderly woman who was calling out for help.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/making-a-difference-after-shark-attack.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/runner-saved-woman-calling-for-help.html 

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A Labrador does his duty and scares off home invaders. In the stillness before dawn in Truganina, Melbourne’s west, four masked intruders crept toward the Verma family’s home.

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An 80-year-old Phillies fan celebrating her birthday received the most wonderful gift from a young stranger while attending a baseball game on September 10th.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/labrador-scares-off-home-invaders.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/phillies-fan-celebrating-birthday-receives-foul-ball.html 

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The actor, writer, and musician sadly passed away in a tragic drowning accident while in Costa Rica. His mother, Pamela Warner, sat down to share more about the loss of her son.

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3-year-old Rowan Begbie, who has Sanfilippo syndrome, recently got her heart’s desire thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Her wish? A hot tub.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/malcolm-jamal-warners-mother-speaks.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/girl-with-sanfilippo-syndrome.html 

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A retired schoolteacher had been driving home from a camping trip when she fell asleep at the wheel.

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A woman who had never learned to swim saved an 11-year-old girl who fell into a lake—talk about a selfless act!

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/nathan-felix-reunites-with-woman-he-saved.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/saved-an-11-year-old-girl.html 

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Dakota “Cody” Trenkle Jr.—the 13-year-old who survived a 240 ft fall into a ravine and went missing for 3 days—is finally home after a month-long hospital stay.

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It’s a story that’s been 108 years in the making; after over a century of boys, it’s a girl for this Texas firefighter’s family.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/teen-surives-240-ft-fall.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/first-girl-in-108-years.html 

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On August 10th, an Oregon teenager, Paige Wood,16, was driving in her pickup truck when she had a horrible accident.

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Teens saw a house on fire, kicked down the door, and rescued two dogs.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/paige-wood-hopes-to-walk-again.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/teens-rescue-two-dogs.html 

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At the ripe age of 97, this man still visits the BBQ restaurant he waited a lifetime to open.

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It’s a miracle—a 74-year-old Arizona man was found after being stranded in the wilderness for 3 entire days. 

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/97-year-old-owner-of-bbq-restaurant.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/man-found-after-being-stranded-in-the-wilderness.html 

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A little 5-year-old boy woke up one day and decided he wanted Chick-fil-A for breakfast, so he walked there all on his own.

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Two New Jersey police officers were hot on the trail of a stolen vehicle when they spotted smoke coming out of a second-floor building.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/boy-makes-his-way-chick-fil-a-for-breakfast.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/searching-for-car-house-fire-rescue.html 

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After a Texas school bus crashed and rolled over on Aug. 13, the San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 team decided to help the kids heal by paying them a visit.

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A little boy climbed onto a monorail track at Hersheypark, a good distance above the ground. He didn’t have to fear for long— a veterinarian and dad of three, John Sampson, literally jumped to the rescue.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/firefighters-bring-gifts.html 

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Unimaginable relief was felt by a whole community after a 5-year-old boy with autism is found after going missing during recess.

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he bride, Kristin Schnacky, was only three years old when her father died on 9/11. Kenneth Marino, 40, of FDNY Rescue 1, was killed during the collapse of the Twin Towers.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/boy-with-autism-found.html

https://www.godtube.com/blog/father-died-on-9-11-fdny.html 

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After a lifelong battle with heart defects, Ava Cooper is happy to finally be out of the hospital and in her home with her parents–with a new heart thumping in her chest.

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And just when they thought life couldn’t script a more miraculous story, God surprised them both: on August 26, each gave birth to a son—just twelve hours apart.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/ava-cooper-gets-new-heart.html 

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A young boy by the name of Kal Blank, who loves to find treasures, found a missing wedding ring and returns it to its owner.

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Two newlyweds caught in a storm, sought shelter in a coffee shop and got an unexpected surprise.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/lost-wedding-ring-returned.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/newlyweds-caught-in-storm.html 

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Emma Heming Willis, 47, wife of actor Bruce Willis, sat down with Diane Sawyer for an interview.

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Ethel Caterham, a quiet soul from England, celebrated her 116th birthday.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/bruce-willis-wife-talks-about-dementia.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/secrets-to-a-long-life.html 

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Edward and Janet Quinn have been married for 70 years this year. Now that’s a number you don’t see every day.

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What happens when a 4-year-old calls 911? When it’s not an emergency, it’s to talk about swimming and soccer, of course.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/married-70-years-taking-it-another-year.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/4-year-old-calls-911.html 

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It’s the time of year when parents around the country take their kids to college. But for one family, that ended in tragedy.

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An adorable Long Island puppy gets stuck in a funny predicament, but that doesn’t stop him from lolling his tongue and being a good boy.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/19-year-old-loses-both-parents.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/labrador-puppy-gets-stuck.html 

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Family isn't always about shared DNA—sometimes it's about the people who choose to show up and stand in the gap when you need them most.

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A mom and a stranger save a small child after a car plunges into a marina.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/surrogate-grandparents-sharing-love.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/mom-saves-small-child-in-car.html 

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Judge Frank Caprio became well known for his reality show, his social media videos, and his compassion and belief in people.

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After spotting him on her route, a Pennsylvania mail carrier saves a victim from a car crash.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/judge-frank-caprio-dies-at-88.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/mail-carrier-saves-man.html 

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A Massachusetts 5-year-old was playing in his yard when he fell 20 feet down his neighbor’s well.

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In 2007, 4-year-old Ellie Koerner and 4-year-old Dawson Nailor both had acute lymphoblastic leukemia and were treated by the same physicians.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/girl-saves-little-boy-who-fell-into-a-well.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/meet-again-at-medical-school.html 

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After breaking down their camp in just 10 minutes, a family hikes 37 miles to escape a wildfire.

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For the last 30 years, he has placed something special in a friend or neighbor’s yard, after they have had a baby.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/family-escaped-a-wildfire.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/cees-brinkman-welcoming-every-baby.html 

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A pregnant woman goes into cardiac arrest while chasing her dog–then God sent help and saved her life.

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A boy who survived a shark attack shares that Jesus was there with him on that day.

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https://www.godtube.com/blog/pregnant-woman-saved-after-chasing-dog.html 

https://www.godtube.com/blog/boy-survived-shark-attack-credits-faith.html 

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